Wanderlust
A strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Every dog has his day.
It means that all of us,
no matter how humble,
will have a time of prosperity, success, or glory at some time in our lives.
The first known use in English is in 1545 (in the form "A dogge hath a day") in a translation of a collection of "adages" or proverbs by the great Dutch humanist philosopher Erasmus that had been published in Latin in 1508. Erasmus didn't necessarily invent it himself; it may have been a traditional Dutch proverb. It obviously caught on - Erasmus was greatly admired and his books were much read at the time - because the future Queen Elizabeth I used it in exactly that form in a letter around 1550. About 50 years later Shakespeare used it in "Hamlet" in this form: "Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew and dog will have his day."
It means that all of us,
no matter how humble,
will have a time of prosperity, success, or glory at some time in our lives.
The first known use in English is in 1545 (in the form "A dogge hath a day") in a translation of a collection of "adages" or proverbs by the great Dutch humanist philosopher Erasmus that had been published in Latin in 1508. Erasmus didn't necessarily invent it himself; it may have been a traditional Dutch proverb. It obviously caught on - Erasmus was greatly admired and his books were much read at the time - because the future Queen Elizabeth I used it in exactly that form in a letter around 1550. About 50 years later Shakespeare used it in "Hamlet" in this form: "Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew and dog will have his day."
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